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20 October 1933 (USA) moreTagline:
The Greatest Screen and Radio Scream Ever!Plot Keywords:
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Comic Characters in College Campus Comedy moreCast
(Credited cast) | Jack Pearl | ... | Julius / 'Baron Munchausen' |
 | Jimmy Durante | ... | Joe McGoo |
| Zasu Pitts | ... | Zasu |
| Ted Healy | ... | Head Janitor |
| Edna May Oliver | ... | Dean Primrose |
| Henry Kolker | ... | (The Real) Baron Munchausen |
| William B. Davidson | ... | General Broadcasting Representative |
| Moe Howard | ... | Janitor |
| Larry Fine | ... | Janitor |
| Curly Howard | ... | Janitor |
| Ben Bard | ... | Charley Montague |
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| Lionel Belmore | ... | Explorer with Newspaper |
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An outrageous liar, pretending to be Baron Munchausen the famous explorer, arrives in new York City with his lowbrow companion. They proceed to defraud everyone in sight, before finally settling in at Cuddle College - where they plan to give the coeds the opportunity to MEET THE BARON.
In the early 1930's, Jack Pearl was a huge success on radio as Baron ('Vas you dere, Charley?') Munchausen, the champion fibber. MGM decided to groom him for film stardom, playing his famous character. Here, in the first of two films -HOLLYWOOD PARTY (1934) was the second - he is surrounded by first rate talent: the great Jimmy Durante as his sidekick; fluttery Zasu Pitts; the inimitable Edna May Oliver as the college dean; and Ted Healy & the Three Stooges.
The movie, while no classic, is enjoyable. Pearl, Durante and Misses Oliver & Pitts all have good moments. Fans of the Stooges will appreciate their contributions to the lunacy of the plot. Film mavens will want to look fast for Robert Greig & Lionel Belmore as explorers and Mary Gordon as the college washerwoman.
'Clean As A Whistle' has to be the strangest song ever included in an MGM movie - it takes place entirely in the college shower room...